Tumbling-barrel.



A. C. JOHNSON.

TUMBLING BARREL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19. .1914.

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Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

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ABRAHAM C. JOHNSON, 0F OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

TUMIBLING-BARREL.

Application filed January 19, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM C. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tumbling-Barrels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in tumbling barrels, and relates more particularly to a barrel, cylinder, or other receptacle, which is used for the washing of clothes, churning of butter, rumbling of castings, or for any other purpose in which an agitating action is desirable or necessary.

The object of the invention is to provide means for mounting the barrel, whereby same can be operated with the expenditure of minimum power so as to have universal movement, that is to say reciprocatory movement in a vertical and horizontal plane, as well as oscillatory movement in both a vertical and horizontal plane, so as to subject the articles, or substance contained within the barrel to maximum agitation.

Further, the invention aims to provide a barrel mounting, in which, after initial operation thereof, the movement imparted to the barrel will continue throughout a. short space of time, after which further movement may be given the barrel, or if desired, positive movement may be continued as long as desired by the operator.

In the drawings: Figure 1, is a side elevation of the invention; Fig. 2, is a top plan view thereof; and Fig. 3 is an end elevation.

The invention embodies a suitable support having a base 3 and spaced side uprights or standards 4; secured to the base.

The tumbling barrel 1 preferably has a top inlet closed and sealed by a cover 2, to allow the material or articles to be placed within the barrel. The barrel is supported by means of a pair of convolute springs 5,

the coils of which telescope or are received one within the other upon compression of the springs. Each spring has a long horizontal end 8 secured in a pair of spaced eye members 6 attached to the barrel sides and a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

Serial No. 813,022.

long vertical end 9 secured to the standards 4 by means of U-shaped bolts 7, the long ends 9 permitting the barrel to be raised or lowered relative to the base 3, as is obvious. By reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings it will be seen that the horizontal ends 8 of the springs are secured on opposite sides of the center of the length of the barrel and that they point in opposite directions and toward each other, the purpose of which is to increase the universal movement of the barrel.

In operation, the barrel is given downward and lateral movement, by the operator gripping one end of the barrel with his hand and moving the barrel at said end up and down and also laterally. The springs, due to their resilient properties will remain in action for a short period, after which the operation may be repeated, or the operator may retain his hand on the barrel and continue to positively move same.

The spring mounting of the barrel provides a resilient support therefor which enables the barrel to have universal and vibratory movement, thus obtaining maximum agitation of the barrel contents, and also enabling operation of the barrel with great ease.

WVhat is claimed is:

In combination with a support having a pair of spaced uprights, a barrel disposed in the space between said uprights, convolute springs having horizontal ends connected to the barrel and having vertical ends, and means to adjustably connect the vertical ends of the springs to the uprights, said springs being disposed on opposite sides of the barrel and having their horizontal ends pointing in opposite directions and secured to the barrel sides at points on opposite sides of the center of the length of the barrel.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of subscribing witnesses.

ABRAHAM C. JOHNSON. lVitnesses:

J B. SWEET, J. HUFFMAN, MAY E. BERTCH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C. 

